Patrick Rocek

Patrick Rocek
Personal information
Born (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998
Erba, Italy[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportRowing
ClubCanottieri Lario[1]
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Račice LM4x
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Poznań LM4x
Gold medal – first place 2021 Varese LM4x
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich LM4x

Patrick Rocek (born 29 December 1998) is an Italian world champion rower. He won the 2022 world championship title in the Italian men's lightweight quad scull after earlier winning gold that season at the 2022 European Rowing Championships.[2]

Biography

His mother Jana Tyrolova was a volleyball national team for the then Czechoslovakia, her father Jaroslav "Jaro" Rocek is a former rower. His twin sister Aisha Rocek is also a rover.[3] Both parents came to Italy from Czechoslovakia in 1981.[4]


References

  1. ^ a b "Patrick Rocek - Scheda Informativa Atleta". canottaggio.net (in Italian). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ^ "ROWING - SCHEDULE AND RESULTS". munich2022.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ “OGNI GIORNO È UN’OPPORTUNITÀ IN PIÙ PER MIGLIORARSI”: AISHA ROCEK, April 15, 2020
  4. ^ Canottieri Lario Rocek è Carabiniere, December 21, 2017


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